Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-23
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
FfTER FROM ROCK HILL.


contents on the south side Of Main street,
extending from the store on the corner OF
Main street, occupied by Miss Owens, to the
Library building, and including the ware
houses in rear of the stores and the livery
stable occupied by J. B. Heath, mourning
loss of over 100000.
The fire occurred on Friday morning at
LIS O'Clock, while our citizens were at their
homes still in sleep. Those first to arrive
at the scene saw at once that all efforts to
save the warehouse of w. l.. ROddey & Co.,
in which the fire originated, would be futile,
and they Immediately attempted to save
the adjoining buildings; but the rapid
spread of the flames soon rendered the fire
beyond their control.
At the first alarm the inmates of the
Globe Hotel, which adjoined the warehouse,
were aroused, and they barely had time to
dress and leave the building.
Every effort was made to save the goods
and merchandise in the burning buildings,
and such as was saved is in a badly damaged
condition.
A telegram was sent to the fire depart
ment of Charlotte asking assistance, and j.
M. Kendrick, chief of the department, an
swered at once that they were ready and
willing to come, but could not secure train
to bring them.
After the fire became unmanageable on
the south side of Main street, every effort
was made to save the buildings on the op-
posite side, which were smoking and eX-
pected every moment to ignite, one of
which did, the drug store of J. B. Johnson,
which has glass front. The intense heat
broke the glass, and also caused an explo-
sion of chemicals which, igniting, set fire
to the interior. A blue blaze shot through
the window, but the fire engine being near
OF bop otroo m woo fbrowp 11OOn the fire
and it was extinguished.
AS soon as the blaze burst out in john
sons drug store, the merchants and others
on that side of the street began to move
their effects, as it was supposed every thing
on that side also was doomed. The credit
of saving the north side of Main street is
due to the heroic efforts of those who sub
dued the fire in the drug store building.
Under the circumstances all worked we'll.
Every effort against the destroying element
was cheerfully rendered, and the colored
people, as a whole, worked manfully, the
colored fire company rendering excellent
services.
The origin of the fire is supposed and
generally believed to be incendiary. No
fire or lights were ever allowed in the build
ing in which it originated. No clue, how
ever, can be obtained to the perpetrators
of the deed, nor can any cause be assigned
for so dastardly and devastating an act.
The following are the losses and amounts
of insurance, as nearly as can be ascertained
at this time: DR.. John w. Fewell, dam
age to furniture &C., $500; insured. Rev.
J. S. White, damage to library building,
$25; insured. J. B. Heath, provender, car
riages, &C., in livery stable, loss, $500 insur-
ed. A. E. Hutchison, Heath's livery stable,
two brick stores, occupied by w. S. Creigh-
q, ~ op1 Eou,o1l opS 1Uofcon fro pna
warehouse and blacksmith shop, occupied
by Creighton d Co., loss, $4,000; insurance,
$500. w. S. Creighton & Co., stock of
furniture, carriages, tools, &C., loss, $4,000;
insurance, 81 900. Loss on lumber piled in
yard, $1,000; no insurance. FeWell d
Watson, stock of drugs, loss, 81 1000; insur-
ance, S2,5OO. Steele Bros. & Co., brick store
and stock, loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Loss on bedroom furniture, $3.50; insured.
John J. Waters, law library and office fur
niture, loss, $500; insurance, $3.50. VIM.
Whyte, Trial Justice, Office furniture, sta
tionery, &C., loss, $100; no insurance. FreW
Brothers, brick store house, loss, So, 900, in
surance, $2,250; stock of merchandise, loss,
and contents of groceries, loss, 81, 500, insur-
ance, 81 ,15O. Charles Frew, bedroom fur
niture, loss, 5000; insurance, 500. j. E.
Roddey, bed room furniture, loss, $3.50 in
surance, $3.50. NJ. w. Russell, frame store
room, loss, $1,000; no insurance. Miles
Johnson, stock of saddlery, &C., loss, $500;
insurance, $500. T. E. Andrae, jeweler,
stock, $500; no insurance. First National
Bank, stationery, Office furniture, &C.,
81 1000; no insurance. w. B. Wilson, Jr.,
law library, furniture, &C., SlO0; no insur-
ance. w. L. Roddey, bank building, frame
warehouse, Globe Hotel, store building,
loS 200. furDitnrl
in Globe Hotel, 81 900; no insurance. w.
L. Roddey & Co., stock of general mer-
chandise in store and warehouses, loss,
$1,000 insurance, 81, 800. Mrs. Morrison,
lessee of Globe Hotel, loss of provisions,
linen, &C., $500; no insurance. The loss by
guests of the hotel would probably amount
to $500, on which there was no insurance.
John Rattarree, post Office building and
damage to his household furniture, 500;
insured. Miss Owens, stock of goods, $500;
insured.
The above includes those on the south
side of the street who were burnt out. On
the north side, where buildings We're only
partially damaged, the losses are as follows:
insured, $500. John R. London, damage to
store building, S100; insured. G. J. Pride,
office furniture, loss, $10O; insured. w. J.
Cherry law library and furniture, loss, S100;
no insurance Francis w. Williams, as
signee, loss on store building, S100; insured.
R. II. Fewell & Co., damage to stock of
goods, $1,000; insured. w. L. Roddey,
drug store building, loss $500; insured. j.
B. johnson, damage to stock of goods,
81 600; insured. r. r. Fewell, damage to
bedroom furniture, $3.50; insured. A Fried
helm & Bro, damage to building and stock
of merchandise, $1,000; insured. Jones g.
Robertson, damage to building, $l00; in
sured. A. E. Smith & Co., damage to stock
goods, $3.50; insured. Mrs. j. D. Smith,
damage to building, 500; insured. Ed.
Fewell, loss on furniture by removal, $3.50;
insured. Allen & Barber, frame store, loss,
$50; insured. J. R. Allen & Co., loss, $50;
insured. DR.. J. A. Glenn, loss by removal,
$50; no insurance. These figures show to-
tai loss of $107 ,975, covered by $G2 ,225 insur-
ance. There are other small losses which
I have been unable to obtain.
The insurance is in the following compa
nies: Liverpool, London and Globe, w. J.
Roddey, agent; Home, Continental, Under
writers, Allen Jones, agent; Phoenix, Trans
Atlantic, ID. Hutchison, agent; Hartford,
Phoenix of Hartford, Georgia Home, John
r. London, agent; Queen, German-Ameri-
can, Rochester German, Fred. H. London,
agent; Norwich Union, Northern Assu
rance, J. NJ. Cherry, agent.
The larger number of the buildings burn
ed were of modern structure, large and
handsome, especially the Globe Hotel and
w. l.. Roddey & Co.'S. store, either of
which would have been creditable to a city.
I am pleased to say, and it gives me pleas
ure to do so, that our people are noted for
their ennrpv and enternriSe and the preSent